Bank novelty



June 30,l 1925.

v. P. ALEXANDER BANK NOVELTY Filed'Nov'. s, 192:5

Patented June 30, 1925.

1,543,658 UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE;

VERNE r. ALEXANDER, or CHICAGO; ILLINOIS, iissIGNoR on ONE-HALF rroNICHoLAs KOENIG, 0F CHICAGO, fILLiNoIs, j-

f BANK NOVELTY.

Application filed Nv'oveniber 3, 1923i Serial-N'o. .6?'2,692.v

TofaZZ whom if may concern:

Be itknown'that I, VERNE P. ALEXANDER, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates,`residing at Chicago, in the county of 'Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful'Improvements in BankNovelties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to portable savings banks and moreparticularly to the provision of a novel and improved separablyconnected super-structure therefor in the nature of a display frame orsimilar device.

As its primary object the invention contemplates the provision of anovel and iniproved separable connection for use as above indicated butwhich will be capable of general utility for connecting frame and basemembers or analogous structures.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bank inthe form of apicture frame and stand having a coin receiving supporting base to whichthe frame is separably connected. l

A further object of the invention is to furnish a device of thischaracter embodying few parts, which will be neat'and attractive inappearance, strong and durable in construction and relativelyinexpensive of manufacture.

The above and other objects are attained by a novel Acombination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed and inorder that the same may be better understood, reference is had to theaccompanying drawing forming a partl of this specification.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bank constructed in accordance withmy `invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a group perspective showing various parts in disassembledrelation.

Referring specifically Vto the drawing wherein like reference charactersdesignate like parts throughout all views, numeral 5 denotes the hollowbase or coin receptacle having a hinged door 6 in its bottom whereby thecoins inserted through a slot 7 may be removed after operating the lock8.

'The 'base 5y will preferably lbe formedof metal although wood or othermaterial may be used if desired.- The top of t-he base 5 carriesY a.pairT of spaced studs 9 vhaving rounded heads 9 tapering lto reducednecks 9b. It might bek stated in lpassing that the studs 9 aresubstantially identical with the conventional stud of the snap fastenersused in the clothing art they being here employed for ananalagouspurpose, as will be presently apparent.

The picture frame 10 is pivoted at 11 to the arms 12 of a U-shapedsupport, the horizontal portion 13 of which is provided in its sideremote from the frame 10 with a longitudinal recess 14 of sufficientdepth to receive the studs 9 when the vsupport rests upon kthe base 5. Aplate 15 secured by means of screws 16 serves to close the recess 14 andit carries upon its inner surface a pair of spaced and parallel springmembers 17 both of which are fastened to the plate intermediate theirends by soldering as indicated at 18. Other modes of fastening thespring members 17 may, however, be resorted to if described.'

The spring members 17 are spaced a distance less than the width of thestud heads 9 while the plate 15 is provide with suitable transverseapertures 19 for the reception of the same. v

Therefore, upon insertion of the studs 9 into the apertures 19 the heads9 will cause the spring members 17 to separate momentarily and uponcomplete insertion of the studs they will grip the stud necks 91n forseparably connecting the support 13 with its frame 10` to the base 5.

Obviously the members may be readily7 separated and attached asdesiredand while I have described and illustrated herein the preferredembodiment of my invention in 'accordance with the patent statutes, yetit will bedistinctly understood that I do not propose to limit myselfstrictly thereto since various changes and modifications thereof willimmediately suggest themselves to those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, the scope of which isdeinedby the following claims.

that I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: l

1. The combination with a picture frame; of a hollow base, studsprojecting from the top of said base, the bottom rail of said pictureframerrhaving a recess. for receiving said studs, and yleldable studretainingmeans carried within said stud receivingV recess and disposed1n the path `of said picture frame having stud receiving por-r tions, abase plate for said bottom rail and attachable thereto said base plate.having openings therein for establishing,r communication with saidstud-receiving portions, and yieldable stud-gripping` members carried bysaid base plate and disposed inwardly of the same in the path of saidstuds.

3. The combination Witha picture frame;

of a hollow base, studs projecting from the yo eninffs therein forestablishinof communication with said stud-receiving,r portions, andyieldable stud-gripping members carried by said base plate and disposedinwardly of the same in the path. of said studs, said members beingparallel spring rods disposed in spaced relation in the path of saidstuds.

In testimony whereof I afrix my signature. 1

VERNE P. ALEXANDER..

